Traveling is not only about filling your film stocks in advance and finding the proper lab that won't damage your films. It is also about keeping the films safe until the moment they will be proceeded for development.

Maybe I'm lazy, but standing around carefully timing out eight, twelve or whatever minutes makes me pretty antsy. If you feel the same way, this is for you - stand development is hassle free, just mix the chemicals, then go watch TV.

If you're the type of person who is intrigued by your own unseen dimensions, our Tipster here managed to reveal the multiple identities he possessed by shedding light through his analogue soul in all directions.

A fun and rewarding way to mistreat your film is to double expose a roll with yourself or a friend shooting the first layer normal and the second layer as redscale. Just watch the colors explode. If you want to further punish your film then give it the ol' x-pro treatment.

It is just befitting for a Lomographic creature like the Fisheye to be back to where it really belongs and still be happy about it even though he may seem a bit eccentric along with the other inhabitants of the sea. But we all know we like things not normal...

Ever wonder how photographers like Edward Weston were able to get super high contrast black and white prints? It wasn't all in the printing, it wasn't all in the negative, and it wasn't all in the camera. You need all three and a wee bit of mathematics.

If you've tried everything that your camera can do and almost gave up because you can't think of inventive tricks anymore, well at least I am thankful it's not happening to me just yet because I got this tip for you!

That’s right, you heard it! Sometimes it’s ok not to think too much about what camera to use, which settings you apply and the angle that you pick! Instead let your film have some fun! And certainly, there are many ways on how you can make a film enjoy such thing like this one I did.

Good ideas may be right in front of you, literally. Oldskool_rider was doing what he loves best, riding his BMX with an analogue goodie in hand – searching for the perfect shot. Passing some graffiti on the way to his next meet up he realized that you do not need graffiti motifs to actually shoot graffiti!

It was something of a tool conceived in St. Petersburg in the 1980's that is meant to provide the masses a compact and reliable workhorse for everyday photography. Through those years, it endured the ever changing tastes of each generation passed and many times its existence was challenged and almost discontinued. Indeed time went fast, now our beloved LCA is already 25! yay! And what many ways there is to treat our little automatic amigo? Well, let's start with this one!

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